Host jc explores the idea of sacramental starts—small rituals like a Monday song, a special mug, or a brief walk—that help frame the morning and build momentum for the day through intentional, repeatable practices.
Mercer: What's your Monday Get It Started song or what's your routine? Mercer: Every time you come here, you're going to see people who are glad that they're here. Mercer: I will not move on from Summer Breeze until about middle of September.
Back to Sacramento starts and stops. I'd like you to consider the things you follow that aren't people. Like maybe music, like maybe that special cup of coffee out of that mug. And I call them Sacramental starts.
The beginning of the day is often a really, really hard one for me. There's something about creating those sacraments, those activities that in your mind hold a special power. Maybe there's a special song you listen to every every Monday morning that helps you get your week started.
And the base keeps running, running and running, running and running, running and running, running and running, running and running, running and running, running and running, running. And in this context, there's no disrespect. So when I bust around you, where you next? We got five minutes for us to disconnect from all intellect, see? Mercer. Good morning, my friend. How are we doing today? Let it get to the hook here. Speak wonder. Good morning, my friend. Jen Verelli. Hey, so what's your Monday Get It Started song or what's your routine?
What's the thing that you do before you do everything else? I'll say it again. What's the thing that you do before you do everything else? I like to think of it as a sacramental start. We'll talk about that in a moment. But hey, my name is jc. I'm glad I'm here. I'm glad you're here. I know what I know and I care about you. And that's what you're going to find every single time that you jump into the Cadre sphere. Every time you come here, you're going to see people who are glad that they're here, glad that you're here.
They're willing to share what they know and they care about you. It's a pretty cool thing to always have within arm's reach, right inside your phone, a special group of people. The special intention is always right here for that. Jen says you moved on from Summer Breeze. Jen, I will not move on from Summer Breeze until about middle of September. That song is always just sitting right in the back of my head. It's always right there. Okay, Back to Sacramento starts and stops. So on Mondays, I often talk about this idea of following boldly.
And quite often we talk about following, following others, following people who are, who are leading, people who are managing, people who are bringing groups of people together around an idea or a passion or a vision. But today, I'd like you to consider the things you follow that aren't people. Like maybe music, like maybe that special cup of coffee out of that mug that you only use one time a day. That special walk around the neighborhood. Not the walk you do all the time, but that walk you do when you have an extra five minutes or you only have five minutes and you go, gosh, okay, I need to go do thing.
Because once I do that thing, I'm going to be able to follow it up with a little bit more clarity, a little bit more joy, a little bit more fire, whatever it is that you need. And I call them Sacramental starts. So it's Monday morning where I am. Maybe you're watching this at a different time. I hope you're doing well, whatever time or day it is. But I look at my day ahead and I do this every day. I live with non situational panic. So the beginning of the day is often a really, really hard one for me.
And by one I mean time of the day because I look at all the things that can go wrong, I look at all the things I'm not going to accomplish, I look at all the things that, that I will miss or mess up and I go. And I hold my breath and I stop and I seize and I lay there and I go, gosh, I need to go. I need to do. Not that the going or the doing is where my worth is, but no, I actually, at the end of the day, I'm really glad I get to do the cool things I get to do. And one of those things is right here with you Cadre today.
I'm a music person. If we've never shared time together before, you'll know that soon. I often use music in my Cadre todays. So you leave here with a little song in your head. Just like J mentions Summer Breeze, which I used as an element of arriving in space on Thinspace, my Sunday livestream. But there's something about creating those sacraments, those activities that in your mind hold a special power. Maybe you've heard someone say, ah, I can't have a conversation until I've had two cups of coffee or I can't get my thoughts straight until I go and walk around the backyard with, with the pup before, before taking a shower.
I can't fill in the blank until I fill in the blank. So maybe there's a special song you listen to every every Monday morning that helps you get your week started. And once you play that song, a couple of things happen. First of all, that little voice inside you goes, wow, we're on our side. We're giving ourselves the things that we need in order to be grounded and comfortable and confident. But also physiologically, your body starts going, ooh, okay, let's get in the zone. Let's get in the flow.
Let's go to that place. If you've ever watched athletes like, and the reason I bring up athletes is because often our culture invites us to watch them. They put them on TV or they send us to events where we can watch them. Sometimes there's walk up music, sometimes there's things that they do before they do the thing that they're paid to do. All of those things are sacramental starts. Sacrament, special action that we decide holds magic start that we do before we do the other things that we do. My invitation for you today is to consider right now, because it's the start of your day.
What's the thing that you do that allows you to do everything else? Black Eyed Peas Let's Get It Started is not actually my start song, my go song, but I do have a playlist of my top 12 that I could put on any of those songs. And it's going to get me going no matter what time, day, year it is. But as Jen brought up, there's also something about the seasons. There's also something about the time of the year and what's going on. Or maybe if it's rainy or sunny, or if it's a day that's starting earlier or later, or if it's a certain activity that's coming up after the sacramental start, that's very unique.
Understand that you deserve specificity, that your body, that your intuition, that your curiosity is going to crave certain things. Give yourself those things and watch what happens when you boldly follow y'. All. I will be back tomorrow morning, but for now, have a great day, y'. All. This song is often used at the start line of Marathon. Whenever I hear this song, I go, it's time you hear the high strings come in there. You start moving through your week, y'. All. We'll see you tomorrow. I need to let the lyrics start, don't I?
Here we go. Let's get it feeling. I'll just start. Let's get it started. It works. That's gonna be a good night. That today's gonna be a good day. That's my story.
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